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I’m teaching crochet!

Autumn over at The Collective in downtown Lisle has been so supportive of my new business venture and my own personal growth. If you haven’t been to her shop yet, you’re missing a cozy little oasis of creativity and support she’s created. She’s encouraging my next big step, teaching, and I hope that you’ll come out to join me!

I’ll be teaching the crochet half of this new class and my friend Marie will teach the knit half. It’s a beginner class, making cotton dish cloths so not only will you learn to knit and crochet, but you’ll get to take your project home with you. You can decide if you like to knit or crochet more, because everyone ends up with a preference. (I do know how to knit, but I prefer to crochet and Marie feels the same for knitting) Marie and I will also be at The Collective Sundays from 1-3 for a supportive yarn circle where you can bring your projects to work on, or get help. We laugh (a lot) talk (also a lot) and lose count of our stitches more than we should, but it’s always a great time to carve out to work on project, or just get away from your to do list.

Register here: Knit One & Crochet Too!

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Crochet Vacation

What a crochet lover does on vacation

I was in vacation mode recently, and what does a crochet lover do on vacation, she crochets of course. It’s just more proof that I will crochet anywhere, by the pool, on a plane, in an airport, in the car, at a little league game, just about anywhere. It was a very nice trip, and I stopped at the local yarn stores and bought a few more skeins of yarn from local makers, things I can only get from these little shops.

My favorite of this trip was Tempe Yarns where I purchased some locally dyed yarn to make my son a new hat or ear warmer. They had sooo many wonderful yarns, I was tempted to get so much more but I had limited bag space to bring it all home. Their staff is just amazing too, very friendly and helpful. I hope that I run into the one I was chatting with when she’s up in our area for the Chicago Yarn Crawl.

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Reusable Water Balloons

I find that the item I have to explain the most is also one of our best sellers at craft shows so I thought I’d do my quick sell here to help everyone.
What is a reusable water balloon? It’s easy summer fun! If your kids are like mine they LOVE to play in water and water balloons are always a big hit. The downside is all the prep work of filling and tying each balloon until your fingers are numb. Then trying to wrangle tired and wet kids to help pick up all the tiny pieces left over by traditional balloons. These reusable water balloons get rid of all of that but leave all the fun! All you have to do is get them wet; the super absorbent yarn soaks up the water. When you throw one of these reusable water balloons everyone still gets wet, plus you can catch them and throw them right back. A quick dip into a pool, bucket, pond, or whatever water source you’re using and they are ready to do again! The only clean up when the fun is done is to toss these balloons into the washing machine with all the towels from the day.
My son received them as a birthday gift a couple of years ago and loved them! They became our water play staple because they are so easy. He even puts them into our backyard pool and skims them out like he’s fishing, or tries to herd them into a “school” like fish. There are so many uses for them when the kids imagination gets going.

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Hello world!

Things are changing a bit for us lately. We’ve decided to move away from Etsy and create our own little sassy corner of the internet. You can still find all of your favorite crocheted items, we still accept multiple forms of payment and still are available on all of our social media platforms. 2 sassy skeins just has a new store location and maybe we’ll even start a blog to share what is going on. We hope you enjoy the new site, and as always feel free to contact us if you have any questions.